From the Bonn to the Berlin Republic

Germany at the Twentieth Anniversary of Unification
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-85745-221-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 628 g

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of East and West Germany in 1989/90 were events of world-historical significance. The twentieth anniversary of this juncture represents an excellent opportunity to reflect upon the evolution of the new Berlin Republic. Given the on-going significance of the country for theory and concept–building in many disciplines, an in-depth examination of the case is essential. In this volume, unique in its focus on all aspects of contemporary Germany - culture, historiography, society, politics and the economy - top scholars offer their assessments of the country’s performance in these and other areas and analyze the successes and continued challenges.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, Jeffrey

Langenbacher, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Jeffrey J. Anderson

PART I: HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS

Chapter 1. The Federal Republic at Sixty: Popular Myths, Actual Accomplishments and Competing Interpretations

Konrad H. Jarausch

Chapter 2. “Als wär’s ein Stück von uns.” German Politics and Society Traverses Twenty Years of United Germany Charles Maier

PART II: CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Chapter 3. The Last East German and the Memory of the German Democratic Republic

A. James McAdams

Chapter 4. The Mastered Past? Collective Memory Trends in Germany since Unification

Eric Langenbacher

Chapter 5. Obamamaniaand Anti-Americanism as Complementary Concepts in Contemporary German Discourse

Ruth Hatlapa and Andrei S. Markovits

Chapter 6. Passing Time since the Wende: Recent German Film on Unification

Bradley Prager

Chapter 7. Post coitum triste est…? Sexual Politics and Cultures in Pzostunification Germany

Dagmar Herzog

Chapter 8. From Ausländer to Inlander: The Changing Faces of Citizenship in Post-Wall Germany

Joyce Marie Mushaben

Chapter 9. The Social Integration of Germany since Unification

Hilary Silver

Chapter 10. Gender Politics in the Berlin Republic: Four Issues of Identity and Institutional Change

Myra Marx Ferree

PART III: POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY

Chapter 11. The Federal Republic at Twenty: Of Blind Spots and Peripheral Visions

Jeffrey J. Anderson

Chapter 12.Is There a Single German Party System?

Russell J. Dalton and Willy Jou

Chapter 13. Higher Education in Germany: Fragmented Change or Paradigm Shift?

Helga Welsh

Chapter 14. The Normative Power of a Normal State: Power and Revolutionary Vision in Germany’s Post-Wall Foreign Policy

Beverly Crawford

Chapter 15. Flight From Risk: Unified Germany and the Role of Beliefs in the European Response to the Financial Crisis

Abraham Newman

PART IV: POLITICAL ECONOMY

Chapter 16 German Economic Unification Twenty Years Later

Holger Wolf

Chapter 17. The Elusive Quest for Normalcy: The German Economy since Unification

Stephen J. Silvia

Chapter 18. Twenty Years after German Unification: The Restructuring the German Welfare and Employment Regime

Anke Hassel

Chapter 19. Industry and Finance in Germany since Unification

Richard Deeg

Chapter 20. Ideas, Institutions and Organized Capitalism: The German Model of Political Economy Twenty Years after Unification Christopher

S. Allen

Conclusion: The Germans Must Have Done Something Right

Eric Langenbacher

Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Anderson, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Anderson is Graf Goltz Professor of Government and Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University. He is an expert in European politics, with special emphasis on the European Union and postwar German politics and foreign policy. Recent publications include, The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order (edited with G. John Ikenberry and Thomas Risse, Cornell University Press, 2008); German Unification and the Union of Europe: The Domestic Politics of Integration Policy (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

Langenbacher, Eric
Eric Langenbacher is a Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of Honors and Special Programs, Department of Government, Georgetown University. He did his graduate work in the Government Department and Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown, completing his Ph.D. with Distinction in 2002. Recent edited publications include Launching the Grand Coalition: The 2005 Bundestag Election and the Future of German Politics (Berghahn Books, 2006) and Power and the Past: Collective Memory and International Relations, with Yossi Shain (Georgetown University Press, 2010).

Jeffrey Anderson is Graf Goltz Professor of Government and Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University. He is an expert in European politics, with special emphasis on the European Union and postwar German politics and foreign policy. Recent publications include, The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order (edited with G. John Ikenberry and Thomas Risse, Cornell University Press, 2008); German Unification and the Union of Europe: The Domestic Politics of Integration Policy (Cambridge University Press, 1999).